قراءة كتاب The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, December 1864
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not to evil—
That the dark demon drag them not
Into the stinking death-house.
26. It is thine to return thanks
To every one in turn
Who performs his work
In the holy, pure Church.
To every one in turn
Who performs his work
In the holy, pure Church.
27. It is thine to reprove the silly,
To rebuke the hosts,
To convert the disorderly to order,
And the stubborn wretched ignorant.
To rebuke the hosts,
To convert the disorderly to order,
And the stubborn wretched ignorant.
28. Patience, humility, prayers,
Fast and cheerful abstinence,
Steadiness, modesty, calmness,
From thee besides are due.
Fast and cheerful abstinence,
Steadiness, modesty, calmness,
From thee besides are due.
29. To teach all men in truth
Is no trifling achievement;
Unity, forgiveness, purity,
Rectitude in all that is moral.
Is no trifling achievement;
Unity, forgiveness, purity,
Rectitude in all that is moral.
30. Constant in preaching the Gospel
For the instruction of all persons;
The sacrifice of the body of the great Lord
Upon the holy altar.
For the instruction of all persons;
The sacrifice of the body of the great Lord
Upon the holy altar.
31. One who does not observe these
Upon this earthly world,
Is not the heir of the Church,
But he is the enemy of God
Upon this earthly world,
Is not the heir of the Church,
But he is the enemy of God
32. He is a thief and a robber:
So declares The King;
It is through the side of the Church,
Should he enter into it.
So declares The King;
It is through the side of the Church,
Should he enter into it.
33. He is wild, like unto a doe,
He is an enemy all hateful;
It is he that seizes by force
The Queen of the Great King.
He is an enemy all hateful;
It is he that seizes by force
The Queen of the Great King.
34. After having seized her by force,
It is then he devours her;
He is the enemy of truth;
He is manifested in his concealment.
It is then he devours her;
He is the enemy of truth;
He is manifested in his concealment.
35. I do not myself think
(It is true, and no falsehood)
That the land of the living he shall reach,
He who gives her unto him.
(It is true, and no falsehood)
That the land of the living he shall reach,
He who gives her unto him.
36. It were better for the young priest
To seek the pure Christ;
He cannot be in unity with us
Until he submits to obedience and law.
To seek the pure Christ;
He cannot be in unity with us
Until he submits to obedience and law.
37. Those who are of one mind
To violate the king,
Shall be together punished in the pains of hell
Unto all eternity.
To violate the king,
Shall be together punished in the pains of hell
Unto all eternity.
OF THE DUTIES OF A PRIEST.
38. If you be a priest, you will be laborious;
You must not speak but truth;
Noble is the order which you have taken,
To offer up the body of The King.
You must not speak but truth;
Noble is the order which you have taken,
To offer up the body of The King.
39. It is better for you that you be not unwise;
Let your learning be correct:
Be mindful, be well informed
In rule and in law.
Let your learning be correct:
Be mindful, be well informed
In rule and in law.
40. Let thy baptism be lawful—
Such does a precious act require;
Noble is thy coöperative man,
The Holy Spirit from heaven.
Such does a precious act require;
Noble is thy coöperative man,
The Holy Spirit from heaven.
41. If you go to give communion
At the awful point of death,
You must receive confession
Without shame, without reserve.
At the awful point of death,
You must receive confession
Without shame, without reserve.
42. Let him receive your Sacrament,
If his body bewails:
The penitence is not worthy
Which turns not from evil.
If his body bewails:
The penitence is not worthy
Which turns not from evil.
43. If you will assume the order—
For it is a great deed—
Thy good will shall be to all men
In word and in deed.
For it is a great deed—
Thy good will shall be to all men
In word and in deed.
44. Excepting unrighteous people,
Who love their evil ways;
To these thou shalt never offer it
Until the day of thy death.
Who love their evil ways;
To these thou shalt never offer it
Until the day of thy death.
OF THE DUTIES OF A SOUL'S FRIEND WHO TAKES UNTO HIM PENITENTS HERE.
45. If you be any body's soul's friend,
His soul thou shalt not sell;
Thou shalt not be a blind leading a blind,
Thou shalt not allow him to fall into neglect.
His soul thou shalt not sell;
Thou shalt not be a blind leading a blind,
Thou shalt not allow him to fall into neglect.
46. Let them give thee their confessions
Candidly and devoutly;
Receive not their alms
If they be not directed by thee.
Candidly and devoutly;
Receive not their alms
If they be not directed by thee.
47. Though you receive their offerings,
They [the offerings] abide not in thy love;
Let them be as if fire upon thy body,
Until you have distributed them in your might.
They [the offerings] abide not in thy love;
Let them be as if fire upon thy body,
Until you have distributed them in your might.
48. Of fasting and praying
Pay thou their price;
If you do not you shall pay
For the sins of the host.
Pay thou their price;
If you do not you shall pay
For the sins of the host.
49. Teach thou the ignorant,
That they bend to thy obedience;
Let them not come into sin
In imitation of thyself.
That they bend to thy obedience;
Let them not come into sin
In imitation of thyself.
50. For sake of gifts be not false,
By denial, by penuriousness;
For thy soul to thee is more precious
By far than the gifts.
By denial, by penuriousness;
For thy soul to thee is more precious
By far than the gifts.
51. You will give them to the strangers,
Be they powerful, or be they weak;
You will give them to the poor people,
From whom you expect no reward.
Be they powerful, or be they weak;
You will give them to the poor people,
From whom you expect no reward.
52. You will give them to old people,
To widows—'tis no falsehood;
You will not give them to the sinners,
Who have already ample gifts.
To widows—'tis no falsehood;
You will not give them to the sinners,
Who have already ample gifts.
53. You will give them in real distress,
To every one in turn,
Without ostentation, without boasting,
For 'tis in that their virtue lies.
To every one in turn,
Without ostentation, without boasting,
For 'tis in that their virtue lies.
54. To sing the requiems